FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Oct. 28, 2012	Oct. 28, 2012	Oct. 30, 2011	Jan. 29, 2012
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts, assets	$ 3,725	$ 3,725	$ 1,724	$ 13,581
Interest rate contracts, assets			281	211
Total Assets	3,725	3,725	2,005	13,792
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts, liabilities	2,687	2,687	10,621	2,855
Interest rate contracts, liabilities	6,066	6,066	8,106	7,907
Contingent purchase price payments related to reacquisition of the perpetual rights to the Tommy Hilfiger trademarks in India	9,639	9,639		9,559
Total Liabilities	18,392	18,392	18,727	20,321
Contingent purchase price payments		35,694	35,196
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Contingent purchase price payments, balance	9,639	9,639		9,559
Payments	(185)
Adjustments included in earnings	265
Compounded Annual Net Sales Growth Rate	36.00%
Fair Value Inputs Discount Rate	20.00%
Effect of five-percentage-point decrease in discount rate on liability, increase of	1,500
Effect of five-percentage-point increase in discount rate on liability, decrease of	1,000
Effect of five-percentage-point increase or decrease on annual net sales growth rate	1,500
Long-lived assets, fair value	0	0	0
Impairment of long-lived assets		259	2,213
Software [Member]
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Long-lived assets, carrying amount			1,151
Tommy Hilfiger India License [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Contingent purchase price payments related to reacquisition of the perpetual rights to the Tommy Hilfiger trademarks in India	9,639	9,639
Contingent Consideration Limit	25,000	25,000
Contingent purchase price payments	185
Tommy Hilfiger India License [Member] | Initial Term [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Contingent Purchase Price Term		5 years
Tommy Hilfiger India License [Member] | Extended Term [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Contingent Purchase Price Term		6 years
Tommy Hilfiger India License [Member] | Due Within [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Contingent purchase price payment terms		60 days
Tommy Hilfiger India License [Member] | Period Length [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Contingent purchase price payment terms		1 year
Tommy Hilfiger Integration and Exit Costs [Member]
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Long-lived assets, carrying amount	259	259
Timberland Men's and Izod Women's Exit Costs [Member]
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Long-lived assets, carrying amount			1,062
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts, assets	3,725	3,725	1,724	13,581
Interest rate contracts, assets			281	211
Total Assets	3,725	3,725	2,005	13,792
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts, liabilities	2,687	2,687	10,621	2,855
Interest rate contracts, liabilities	6,066	6,066	8,106	7,907
Total Liabilities	8,753	8,753	18,727	10,762
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Contingent purchase price payments related to reacquisition of the perpetual rights to the Tommy Hilfiger trademarks in India	9,639	9,639		9,559
Total Liabilities	9,639	9,639		9,559
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Long-lived assets, fair value	0	0	0
Portion at Fair Value, Fair Value Disclosure [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents	276,630	276,630	159,981
Short-term borrowings	142,514	142,514	12,820
Long-term debt (including portion classified as current)	1,831,695	1,831,695	2,142,679
Carrying (Reported) Amount, Fair Value Disclosure [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents	276,630	276,630	159,981
Short-term borrowings	142,514	142,514	12,820
Long-term debt (including portion classified as current)	$ 1,731,596	$ 1,731,596	$ 2,091,556